A plan for Bulldogs An internship program for Yale University students

1. A plan for BulldogsAn internship program for Yale University students Prepared for: Rowan Claypool Bulldog Ventures, LLC

2. Transforming experience-Bulldog participants Transition from adolescence to adulthood Meaningful employment Group experience Connection to heartland of country Showcasing of effective adult lives Personal connection to host City

3. Transforming experience-Alumni • Valuable contribution to community • Personal connection to current Yale students • Unique community service project • Use leadership skills • Transform future of City over time • Have fun

4. Transforming experience- Employers • Exceptional interns • Tremendous value for compensation • Showcase the best of college generation • Showcase the value of high quality education

5. Transforming experience-Host City • Ground work to attract and retain permanent employees/residents • Create City identity on Yale campus • Showcase quality of life, create civic ambassadors • Focus attention on need for recruitment of younger generation • Supports local employers

6. A short history: Bulldogs in the Bluegrass • Summer internship program for 26-40 Yale undergraduates • Started summer 1999 • Initiative of Yale in Kentucky, Inc., alumni body • Founded by Rowan Claypool- Yale ‘80 • Enticed total of 233 Bulldogs to Louisville in seven years

7. Bulldogs in the BluegrassConcept • Conceived and run by amateurs • Initially seen as an effort to curb Louisville’s “brain drain” • Genesis for new Alumni infrastructure • Revolutionized concept of Alumni activities • Followed no models-endeavors to be unique • Designed to highlight Louisville’s assets and resources

8. Cloning Works-ClevelandJumps in • “Bulldogs on the Cuyahoga” • Similar civic issues: “Quiet Crisis” • Robust Yale Alumni Club • Significant Civic Funding Support • Followed proven program design • Results: $125,000 raised, 147 applicants and 34 placements in first year

9. Results in Louisville over seven years • 233 Bulldogs know Louisville as their hometown • Louisville in top ten cities in Yale student population • 17 new Louisville residents • Dozen senior essays inspired by experiences • Numerous major and career changes • Total of 106 nonprofit and for profit employers • Everyone involved is changed by Bulldogs

10. Results in Cleveland in one year • Successful program at every level • Platform for recruiting seniors to permenent employment • Expansion with Colgate Alumni • Potential expansion with Case-Western University fellowship program • Powerful momentum into year two • Community recognition of Yale Club

11. Big picture benefits • Create new communities around Bulldogs: employer, community, Alumni, and University • Play a role in transition from adolescence to adulthood • Bulldogs experience adults as peers • Create new peer friendships • Firsthand experience with effective people • Exotic adventure • Have more fun

12. Feasibility Study in Colorado • Rowan Claypool-7 yrs experience, built program twice • Proven track record in two cities • Yale supported model • Builds a unique program suited to City’s needs and resources • Builds Board and Leadership confidence • Results in Yale Club Board action

13. Elements of feasibility • Leadership team • 1-2 Champions • 5-8 Key leaders (committee chairs) • 20-25 Committee members • Employment • 25 employers with 35-40 jobs • Funding • 60%-70% Funding commitments • Yale alumni, Corporate and Foundations

14. Bulldogs, an overview

15. Infrastructure created • Alumni driven • 100 local Yale College graduates • 67 Alumni donate money • 45 Alumni serve on committees or as mentors • Four Committees • Jobs-recruiting employers and selecting class • Events-organizing orientation programs • Mentor-recruiting and organizing individual mentors • Finance-fund raising

16. How it works: Employer recruitment • Two recruitment meetings-mailing list of 150 companies (e-mail only) • Enroll 36-40 employers • Employers offer 40-50 unique job options • Employers sign a Memo of Understanding • Net employment cost: subsidized $2,800, non-subsidized $3,500 • Submit job descriptions electronically • Supervisors meeting prior to Bulldogs’ arrival

17. How it works: Bulldogs ‘05 • Applications Jan.14-Feb. 28 • Complete program description and job offerings on the web-site • Single electronic application form • Process 85 applicants and 320 unique job applications • Commitment Letter agreement • Jobs committee follow-up • Preference to first 15 commitments • Filled 26 positions-two-thirds nonprofit

18. The Pitch: How to get’em to apply • Meaningful internships • Minimum compensation of $2,800 • Travel stipend of $200 • Majority of job offerings from nonprofits • Group housing • Group events • Connection to Alumni • Earn admission on their own • “Easier to come to Louisville than go home”

19. The Pitch: How to get’em to hire • Competitive for the employers • Initial subsidy to nonprofit employers • Access to unique talent pool • Chance to help mentor a young person • Continuing connection to Bulldogs • Connect with other employers • Be a part of something BIG

20. Value for local Alumni • Gives purpose to Alumni activities • Year round local connections • Creates effective communication infrastructure • Impact lives of current undergraduates • New meaning to University affiliation • Access to community stage • Multi-generational ties to other Alumni

21. Reflections: The view from New Haven • Alumni Association • Not a development activity • Program funded by local Club • Energizes local Club • Builds on local Alumni civic connections • Builds Alumni connection with Yale • Connects current students to Yale

22. Reflections: The view from New Haven • Career services • Model internship program • Minimal effort by UCS • “Safe experience” for students • Compliments other UCS programming • Broadens students’ horizons

23. Media Coverage • Local TV coverage • Wall Street Journal articles and letters to editor • Courier-Journal articles and editorials • Courier-Journal letters to editor • Business First articles • Cleveland Plain Dealer • Yale Daily News and Yale Daily Magazine articles • Yale Alumni Magazine articles • Toledo Blade news article

24. How it works: fund raising • Annual budget-$75,000-$85,000 (est.) • Administration-$30,000 • Housing-$25,000 • Employer Subsidies-$9,000 • Events expenses-$7,500 • Travel Stipend-$4,000 • Start-up consulting-$10,000 • Initial Yale Support • 67 Alumni donors (over half local club) • Half-dozen corporations and civic minded individuals

25. Reflections:What we did best in the beginning • Started with a large group • Provided group housing • Made it competitive on all sides • Added adult involvement in college years • Captured student’s interest in nonprofits • Built our own infrastructure • Captured power of internet • Made it fun • Took the risk

26. Bulldogs Leads to Teach Kentucky • Multi-institutional alumni driven new teacher recruitment program • Centre, Duke, Emory, Harvard, Middlebury, Northwestern, University of the South, University of Virginia, Vanderbilt, Washington & Lee and Yale • Energetic on-campus recruitment, community connection and support • Benefits: $1,000 relocation incentive, transitional housing and two alumni mentors • Twenty-five from 11 schools in three years • Project 15 new teachers in ‘06

27. Supporting Documents

28. Value for Bulldogs • Accelerate move from adolescence to adulthood • Provide intensive adult interaction • Showcase life as an involved citizen • See value of college education at work • Experience new region of their own country • Make new college friends • Have fun

29. Value for Employers and City • Exceptional workers • Touch the brightest students in the country • Re-evaluate own work experience • Great workers for a bargain price • Local prestige • Showcase City to potential young residents

30. Alumni connection • Formal opening reception at Filson Club • Closing appreciation luncheon • Outings: • Falls of the Ohio River history tour • Habitat bike challenge ride • Canoe trip • Hiking trips • Softball games

31. Employer connection • Promote high quality internships • Meaningful work experience • Well planned supervision • Two types of tasks • Major individual projects • Projects that transcend tenure

32. Community connection • Forums with: • US Senator • Former Congressman • Current and former Mayors • Meetings with two University Presidents • Inside Louisville “City View”

33. Community connection • Programs at civic assets: • Churchill Downs • Speed Art Museum • Kentucky Center for the Arts • Actors Theatre

34. Mentor connection • Individual assignment • Opening picnic • Host group or one-on-one • Informal lunch meetings • Dialogue with an effective adult

35. Contact Information • Rowan Claypool, Bulldog Ventures, LLC, 2205 Lowell Ave., Louisville, KY 40205 (502) 458-0830 home/office rowan@aya.yale.edu

36. References • Jeff Brenzel Executive Director, Association of Yale Alumni jeff.brenzel@yale.edu (203) 432-1940 Phil Jones Director, Undergraduate Career Services philip.jones@yale.edu (203) 432-0800